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What the Survey Said – Quotes from Manufacturing Leaders
“Manufacturing has been the least impacted industrial segment during the coronavirus crisis” said a PA government official. “As business owners, we are challenged every day with obstacles to overcome. This time, we simply hit a whale sized obstacle. As it has always...
How Local Manufacturers Maneuvered During Covid-19
As our region and our state is currently moving back to a new normal, business leaders are faced with a new set of challenges and a broad spectrum of unknowns. What has become painfully obvious is that many pre-COVID-19 strategies do not apply now, predictions on...
Local Manufacturers Shift Gears To Help Combat Covid-19
Several local manufacturers have stepped up to help address shortages of Personal Protective Equipment, (PPE), hand sanitizer, Covid-19 tests and life sustaining hospital equipment. Below are a few of the stories but we suspect there are many more heros in this fight...
Financial Tips for Manufacturers With CARES In The Picture
Whether your business is open or closed, chaos, questions and confusion dominate your daily life. When you look outside to experts and to the government for help, the path forward becomes more complicated. While relief appears to be on the way, current reality says:...
Recognizing Our Courageous Workforce
In the face of the escalating terrible news around the spread of COVID-19 virus, workforce well-being surpasses every other issue we have as business leaders. Never before have we been compelled to ask them to risk so much of their own personal welfare to provide the...
What Manufacturers Can Do & What The Manufacturing Alliance Is Doing
Covid-19 Actions & Our Manufacturing Community in PA To All our Manufacturing Alliance Members, First – we hope you all are staying well and staying safe through these very trying times. There is some confusion in the manufacturing industry as to which companies...
Private Discussion Board for Local Manufacturers Only.
Share and Collaborate with Peers Collaborating with other local manufacturers, now more than ever, is crucial. Where are you going to get some insight on how other manufacturers are handling Covid-19 issues, share your need for a specific piece of equipment, find an...
Sharing A Wealth of Knowledge
From the very beginning of the Manufacturing Alliance, I have been impressed by the continued willingness of business leaders & members to share learnings from challenges they have overcome and details from successful strategies they have implemented. The latest...
Technology Enhanced Workforce
While most manufacturing organizations have been working hard to adopt , they are also feeling the pressure from customers to integrate segments of . Simultaneously, these business leaders are becoming increasingly aware of global and national competitors promoting...
Run Away Robots
As the next level of robotic automation occurs, worker’s stress is being pushed to new heights. While collaborative robots, called cobots, have previously dominated the materials handling marketplace, there is a significant movement underway to utilize mobile robotic...